“What did we lose, what was lost in us?To whom do these distances belong that separated usand that now bind us?Are we still oneor have we both broken into pieces? How gentle this dust is-Its body now, and mine, at this very minuteare one and the same”

“رغبتي أن تكون قدرتي على الرغبةأكثر من قدرتي على تحقيق رغباتي”

“She touched his hand for the last time. "Oh, Karim, that we have already done. But always there was a problem between us. How can I explain? I wasn't me, and you weren't you. From the very beginning to the very end, we didn't see things. What we did--we made each other up." p. 382”

“I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. ”

“How we live our lives does not,unfortunately depend on us alone.Circumstances,good or bad,constantly intervene.A person close to us die.A person not so close to us carries on living.All these things affect how we live.”

“(this is before we're living together, before we do the most faithful act of all, mix our separate books into one library)”

“Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must.”